Seven Years in Iraq; Health Care Reform Coming to Final Vote; Chinese Mummies; Rock Movies

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Friday, March 19, 2010

CAMP TAJI, Iraq- Under the cover of night, an AH-64D Apache attack helicopter from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, departs the flight line to conduct operations to support OIF. CAMP TAJI, Iraq- An AH-64D Apache attack helicopter from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, departs the flight line. (U.S. Army)

We look at the actual health care reform legislation that could be voted on as early as this weekend; talk with two Iraq War veterans about their experiences; discuss the U.S. intelligence failures that got us into the war, seven years ago; and talk about rock movies and female rock bands, with the release of "The Runaways" this weekend.

Seven Years in Iraq, Is US Intelligence Getting it Right?

Today marks seven years since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. In 2005, two years after U.S. and allied forces entered Iraq a U.S. presidential commission said intelligence that Iraq had WMD's was "dead wrong." The report also cast doubts on the integrity of U.S. intelligence on Iran, North Korea, China and Russia. Seven years later, we're taking a look at how the intelligence community responded and asking what changes they've made in the wake of this massive failure.

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Takeouts: Preparing for Floods in North Dakota, Greenspan's Sober Report on Financial Crisis

  • ENVIRONMENT TAKEOUT: It's flood season in North Dakota. Prairie Public Broadcasting reporter Todd McDonald gives us the latest on the flood preparations in Fargo and tells us why some people are still not moving away from the town's most exposed area.
  • MONEY TAKEOUT: Former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan will be at the Brookings Institution today to present his most detailed report on the roots of the financial meltdown, 48-page paper titled, "The Crisis." New York Times reporter Louise Story discusses Greenspan's limited admission of failure and his new argument on what really caused the housing bubble.

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Can the Final Health Care Bill Change Your Mind?

Democrats unveiled the full version of the health care bill yesterday, which they hope to pass as soon as Sunday.

As congressmen and analysts dissect it, Takeaway Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich takes us through what is new in this version that might change your mind about supporting, or opposing, health care reform.

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March Madness: Results from Day 1 of the NCAA Playoffs

The NCAA men's basketball playoffs kicked off yesterday and we've already seen some major upsets. Takeaway sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin joins us with the results and tells us why his, and the president's bracket isn't looking very good.

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Girl Band Movies That Rock!

Today, the widely anticipated girl-band biopic “The Runaways” hits theatres in limited release. It follows the real-life story of Joan Jett and Cherie Currie’s 1970s rock band.

In honor of the film, we look back on our favorite girl band movies of all time with the help of Emily Rems, managing editor for Bust Magazine and Rafer Guzman, Takeaway contributor and Newsday film critic.

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Rep. John Dingell on Health Care Reform

Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) has served in the House of Representatives for over 50 years.  At the beginning of every session of Congress, Dingell has introduced the same national health care reform bill: the same bill that his father, also a Representative from from Michigan's 15th district, started introducing in 1943. Like most Democrats on the Hill today, Dingell says he's heartened by the current state of health care reform ... though he'll readily admit that the current compromise bill is far from perfect.

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Takeouts: Rowing Across the Atlantic, Good Week/Bad Week

  • SPORTS TAKEOUT: At 22 years old, Katie Spotz became the youngest American to row across the Atlantic Ocean alone this week. She chronicled her journey on a blog while she made the journey. Now that she's back on dry land, she joins The Takeaway to share her story.
  • GOOD WEEK/ BAD WEEK: We team up with The Week Magazine to take a look at who has had a good week and who hasn't. This week has been great for CBS, who gets to broadcast Tiger Woods's return to golf. And it was a a bad week to take a nap in your car. A Florida woman fell asleep in her car and woke up somewhere else.

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Your Responses on the Census and Health Care

We've been taking a look at the census this week as people across the country prepare to send in their forms. We asked you what you wanted to know and got many responses on what it means to check that race box. We also hear from listeners who told us what they'd forego if they didn't have adequate health care.

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Seven Years of Operation Iraqi Freedom From Two Soldiers' Perspectives

It's been seven years since the U.S.-led "coalition of the willing" invaded Iraq. We talk with two soldiers who fought in Iraq to find out what has changed on the ground since the war began.

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Cuba Accuses US of Destabilizing the Country, with the Internet

A recent ruling that allows U.S. companies to provide Internet services Cuba, despite the embargo. But Cuban officials say this is a direct threat to the Cuban leadership, claiming that the United States aims to "use these services as a tool of subversion and destabilization." 

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European Mummies Found in China, and New Discoveries on the Origin of Dogs

A story published this week reports that Chinese archaeologists have found nearly-intact mummies of people who lived in a desolate desert in Northwestern China nearly 4,000 years ago. But they were not Chinese. DNA evidence from these long dead people shows that they were in fact of European descent. Also this week, geneticists announced that man's best friend split from the wolves about 15,000 years ago in the Middle East.

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The Takeaway Final Edition: Today's News, Seven Years in Iraq, Health Care Bill, Mummies, Girl Band Movies

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The Takeaway Hour 4: Crossing the Atlantic Solo, Seven Years in Iraq, Mummies

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The Takeaway Hour 3: Flooding, Health Care, Girl Band Movies

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The Takeaway Hour 2: Rep. John Dingell, Good Week/Bad Week, Soldier's Perspectives, Mummies, Dogs

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The Takeaway Early Edition: Seven Years in Iraq

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The Takeaway Hour 1: Seven Years in Iraq, Health Care Bill, March Madness, Girl Band Movies that Rock

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